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P. LINDEN.

A HEL FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES. No. 372,688. Patented NOV. 8, 1887.

UNITE TATES t ATENT Erice.

PETER LINDEN, OF TROY, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DENNIS PETERS, OF SAME PLACE.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,688, dated November 8, 1887.

Application tiled February 25, 1887. Serial NoJ 228,936. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER LINDEN, a resident ofthe cit-y ofTroy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heels for Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, that will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and totheletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in boot-heels, and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts,hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is set forth in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a side elevation of a boot or shoe provided with my improved heel. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection, taken on the broken lineXXin Fig. 3,0n an enlarged scale. Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the heel on ascale still further enlarged.

The improved heel H may be applied to any of the well-known forms of boots or shoes, as 3o shoe S. The upper Bis foldedin upon the insole C, and one edge of the welt D laid upon the upper in alignment therewith around the heel, as shown by dotted lincsin Fig. 8. The three parts may then be secured together by pegs or stitches a, extending around the heel. Vhen desired, the edge of the upper may be rst secured to the edge of the insole and the welt afterward secured to the parts so united, the other or loose edge of the welt oc- 4o copying about the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. An elastic cushion, A, preferably ofrubber,is then laid upon the welt and the loose edges of the latter folded over upon the cushion, and the first of thelifts E, forming the lower part ofthe heel,laid thereon and secured to the folded edge of the Welt by the pegs or stitches b, extending around the heel.

Other lifts, in any desired number, may be added and secured upon the heel to form a part thereof, by the pegs d. 5o

The completed shoe has interposed within the heel an elastic cushion, which is securely held therein without being stitched or pegged to any part of the boot or shoe.

The elastic material isperfectly free to yield and recover while in use.

I am thus able to provide boots and shoes with an elastic heel which affords great ease and comfort to the wearer while walking, especially upon the hard pavements ofcities,and 6o does not defaee the appearance and form of the shoe.

No particular form is essential to the elastic material, though I prefer to make it of elastic sheets similar in outline tothe general form of the heel, substantially as shown in plan view in Fig. 3.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described boot-heel, which con- 7o sists of an elastic cushion inclosed within and supported by a welt folded upon the edge of the cushion, substantially as described, one edge ofthe welt being secured to the contiguous edge of the upper part of the boot or shoe, and the opposite edge of the welt to one or more heel-lifts, which are supported thereby, all the parts being arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 8o my hand this 21st day of February, 1887.

PETER LINDEN.

Vitnesses:

GEO. A. MosHEE, W. H. HoLLIsTER, Jr. 

